Keiran Hardy

A bill that would give courts in NSW the power to restrict offenders departs from existing regimes in many striking ways. AAP/Mick Tsikas

April 21, 2016

Proposed crime prevention orders in NSW go a step too far in restricting offenders

Keiran Hardy, Griffith University

Imposing significant restrictions on the liberty of a person found not guilty subverts the ordinary criminal justice process.

Liberal MP Andrew Nikolic (right) is close to deposed prime minister Tony Abbott. AAP/Mick Tsikas

February 26, 2016

A fox guarding the henhouse? Andrew Nikolic takes the reins of parliament’s security committee

Keiran Hardy, Griffith University

In an era of ever-increasing counter-terrorism powers, what is Andrew Nikolic’s appointment to a powerful parliamentary committee likely to mean for its scrutiny of national security legislation?

George Brandis says the government will adopt the proposed changes to anti-terror laws that criminalise disclosure. AAP/Lukas Coch

February 5, 2016

Despite changes, terror law will still curb press freedom

Keiran Hardy, Griffith University

Until a public interest exemption is included in Section 35P, the offence will continue to impact press freedom and have a chilling effect on media organisations’ ability to report on ASIO’s activities.

So broad is the amendment bill’s definition of computer that a warrant could arguably give ASIO access to all computers connected via the internet. AAP/Dan Peled

September 16, 2014

Sweeping security law would have computer users surrender privacy

Keiran Hardy, UNSW

Parliament is about to consider a range of changes to Australia’s security laws introduced by the Abbott government during its last sitting. The most controversial measures in the National Security Legislation…

Journalists face long jail terms for reporting information relating to ‘special intelligence operations’, as declared by ASIO, under the government’s proposed reforms. AAP/Lukas Coch

August 27, 2014

National security bills compound existing threats to media freedom

Keiran Hardy, UNSW

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) will publish its report on the National Security Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2014 (Cth) sometime during this sitting of parliament…

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Proposed crime prevention orders in NSW go a step too far in restricting offenders

A fox guarding the henhouse? Andrew Nikolic takes the reins of parliament’s security committee

Despite changes, terror law will still curb press freedom

Sweeping security law would have computer users surrender privacy

National security bills compound existing threats to media freedom

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